Aṣṭāvakra Gītā / Aṣṭāvakra (अध्याय १८) / 18.74
18.74
the Aṣṭāvakra Gītā (अष्टावक्र गीता)
अक्षयं गतसन्तापमात्मानं पश्यतो मुनेः ।
क्व विद्या च क्व वा विश्वं क्व देहोऽहं ममेति वा akṣayaṃ gatasantāpam ātmānaṃ paśyato muneḥ |
kva vidyā ca kva vā viśvaṃ kva deho 'haṃ mameti vā
The line
For the silent one who sees the self undecaying, its fever gone, where is knowledge, or where is the world, or where is the saying of body, I, and mine?
नेपालीमा
अक्षय, सन्ताप गएको आत्मालाई देख्ने मुनिको विद्या कहाँ, विश्व कहाँ, देह अहं मम भन्ने कुरा कहाँ?
Where it sits
Aṣṭāvakra (अष्टावक्र) is still speaking, and the knowing one who shines is now the silent one who sees the self.
Split: akṣayam (अक्षयम्) + gatasantāpam (गतसन्तापम्) + ātmānam (आत्मानम्) + paśyataḥ (पश्यतः) + muneḥ (मुनेः) + kva (क्व) + vidyā (विद्या) + ca (च) + kva (क्व) + vā (वा) + viśvam (विश्वम्) + kva (क्व) + dehaḥ (देहः) + aham (अहम्) + mama (मम) + iti (इति) + vā (वा)
Sanskrit, in depth
The words
| Word | Grammar | Sense |
|---|---|---|
| akṣayam (अक्षयम्) | accusative singular, masculine | undecaying. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). |
| gatasantāpam (गतसन्तापम्) | accusative singular, masculine | one whose fever has gone. santāpa (सन्ताप) is fever, distress. gata (गत) is gone. Agrees with ātmānam (आत्मानम्). Joined by m (म्) to the vowel. |
| ātmānam (आत्मानम्) | accusative singular, masculine | the self. Object of paśyataḥ (पश्यतः). |
| paśyataḥ (पश्यतः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the one who sees. Present participle of dṛś (दृश्). Recited paśyato (पश्यतो) before m (म्). Agrees with muneḥ (मुनेः). |
| muneḥ (मुनेः) | genitive singular, masculine | of the silent one. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vidyā (विद्या) | nominative singular, feminine | knowledge. |
| ca (च) | indeclinable | and. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
| viśvam (विश्वम्) | nominative singular, neuter | the world, the all. |
| kva (क्व) | indeclinable | where? |
| dehaḥ (देहः) | nominative singular, masculine | the body. Recited deho (देहो) with the avagraha before aham (अहम्). |
| aham (अहम्) | nominative singular | I. |
| mama (मम) | genitive singular | of me, mine. Joined with iti (इति) as mameti (ममेति). |
| iti (इति) | indeclinable | thus, marking the quote of body, I, and mine. |
| vā (वा) | indeclinable | or. |
The phrases
paśyataḥ (पश्यतः) agrees with muneḥ (मुनेः), and ātmānam (आत्मानम्) is its object, described by akṣayam (अक्षयम्) and gatasantāpam (गतसन्तापम्). The kva (क्व) questions have vidyā (विद्या) and viśvam (विश्वम्) as nominatives. iti (इति) closes the quote dehaḥ (देहः) aham (अहम्) mama (मम), and the last vā (वा) sets that quote beside the questions.
Sanskrit in this line
gatasantāpam (गतसन्तापम्) plus ātmānam (आत्मानम्) joins m (म्) to ā (आ). paśyataḥ (पश्यतः) before m (म्) is paśyato (पश्यतो). dehaḥ (देहः) plus aham (अहम्) is deho (देहो) with the avagraha. mama (मम) plus iti (इति) is mameti (ममेति).
Say it back
What does the silent one see, and which saying has no place for him?